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CLAY VS CLAUDE CODE: The $5B Question Nobody's Answering

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Jasper Vanu | Claude for GTM
Mar 15, 2026
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How come Clay is valued at $5B... when Claude Code exists?

Tim Soulo did not ask that question by accident.

When the CMO of Ahrefs publicly wonders, he is not making a product comparison, but pointing at something structural: a company whose entire value proposition sits between you and data you could access directly.

Rather than a $5B moat, that is a $5B …

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